DOJ Refers Prosecutor’s Capitol Breach Interview to Internal Watchdog

Michael Sherwin, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, speaks at a press conference to give an update on the investigation into the Capitol Hill riots in Washington, on Jan. 12, 2021. Sarah Silbiger/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Former Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin could face an internal review over comments he made during a recent interview about the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, a department lawyer told a judge on March 23.

John Crabb, the chief of the criminal division for the U.S. attorney’s D.C. office, made the comments after a federal judge admonished the department over recent disclosures to the media about the ongoing investigation into the Capitol breach. One of the disclosures was Sherwin’s television interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” while the other was a New York Times report that cited anonymous sources.